From Yementimes.com: While
U.S. military in Guantanamo released hundreds of different
nationalities recently, American lawyers representing Yemeni detainees
at the remote Cuban island claim that the Yemeni government does not do
enough to release its citizens.

“We lawyers have not been
given a seat at the negotiating table, so all we can do is speculate.
There have been many public statements from the U.S. to the effect that
Yemen and a handful of other countries are not willing to negotiate in
good faith for the return of their countrymen. As I have frequently
stated, if President Saleh really wants to bring the Yemeni men back
home, he has to do more than have his spokesmen make empty public
statements about "demanding" repatriations. Other countries -- like
Bahrain, for example -- have successfully negotiated with the Americans
for their citizens’ return. The plain fact is that President Saleh's
government has so far failed to deliver. We measure success by results,
not by the volume of public statements.” stated Northern Illinois University CrimProf Marc Falkoff, who
represents sixteen Yemeni men who have been detained at Guantánamo
(Gitmo) for nearly six years.

Yemen less proactive than other countries

Falkoff revealed that more than 770 men from dozens of countries
have been detained at Gitmo since 2002, but more than 400 of them have
subsequently been released. Saudi Arabia, for example, has had 100 of
its 130 citizens returned from the prison camp. He elaborated, “Yemen
is now the country with the largest number of prisoners at Gitmo and
only 12 of its 110 citizens – including 1 of my clients – have been
released in the last 6 years. A thirteenth Yemeni came home in a body
bag, having died under suspicious circumstances in the prison. Even
more frustrating, a number of the Yemeni detainees – including 2 of my
clients – were designated years ago by the military as eligible to
return to Yemen, yet they are still in prison on the remote Cuban
island.” Rest of Article. . . [Mark Godsey]